One of the designers who made it happen

Winner
- Prolific Artist

We put up a brief to design a logo for our organics trading company, and Prolific Artist understood the brief well. Prolific Artist entered the competition at the last minute - after we'd gone through some good design concepts and changes with other competitors. And guess what - Prolific Artist got very close to our ideal logo in the first and only try. We suggested some revisions in the final round, and Prolific Artist was very responsive and provided a nice explanation at each revision. At the end of the competition, the handover turnaround time was hours, not days (as we were expecting). Terrific!

- mida.organics

How Doug Fine started their logo design journey

Company name

Defined Performance Solutions or D.Fined Performance Solutions

Overview

My name is Doug Fine

My company’s name is Defined Performance Solutions

I'd like to capitalize on my first initial and last name in my logo

You may even want to consider designing with D.Fined Performance Solutions. That may be an even better company name, not sure yet. Your designs may help me decide.

I am an organizational development professional. My expertise is in supervisory and leadership training, small work group improvement and mission development and strategic planning. I am a teacher at heart and love to support the professional and personal development of those I serve.

I have a blog currently on hiatus while I’m looking for employment and/or starting this business. You may want to travel there to get a little sense of who I am, (if that’s possible) and incorporate anything you intuit into your design.

Tell us a bit about who you are and the people you reach

Small to medium size businesses. I have worked most of my career in the health care industry but I will take all comers and go to all takers.

Requirements

Depending what designers come up with, I may add “Leadership, Consulting, Training” underneath the logo.

You may want to include those 3 words in your design. Be my guest.

I want the logo to be in color, eye-catching, clever, business savvy, solid contemporary (as opposed to traditional) unique and interesting, (spiritual?)

I'm will use this logo on my business cards, company stationary, and an eventual web site. So please plan to provide them in all the standard formats that will support this. Please no clipart or cartoons. My wicked sense of humor would not be amused.

If you would like to do a black and white equivalent that would be great too. Yes, I know, a beggar being choosy!

I don't prefer any particular colors. Let my logo be your oyster.

My payment is not what I wish it could be. I am currently unemployed with only unemployment benefits and my wife’s part-time salary. You may be a starving artist, but I know that I'm a half-starving customer. If I am completely blown away by the winning entry I promise an additional “thank-you” bonus.

I look forward to seeing your designs. I saw this venue for design a couple of year ago and thought the concept genius. Put your genius to work for me. Thanks, Doug